To add to what Jack Berenzweig said about Mr. Addesa:
  I have had the pleasure to meet and watch this fine coach put his philosophy
to the test and it has worked. I witnessed Mr. Addesa last X-Mas at an ALL-STAR
tourney at the Mullins Center where he led a Prep School All Star team to an
almost victory (5-3) over a junior team from Quebec. These US kids had never
played together before but they came together under Addesa and nearly beat the
Quebec team which had been skating together for 5 or 6 months (many most of
their lives). It takes more than a good coach to do something like that in two
days with no practice.
Another note to realize would be the assistants that fell under him at RPI,I
believe they were Rick Gotkin (Mercyhurst College, lead them to D II finals
this year), Jim Peters (Vermont Academy, basically built a very strong prep
school program whose schedule and record speaks for itself), and Francis
LaChappelle (St. Bonaventure Univ., before the program was axed, he had just
gotten a very solid recruiting class in to sort of stabilize the program when
it got cut).It takes one hell of a mentor to break an assistant coach into a
top notch head coach which Mike has done with the three above.
   I wish Mike the best of luck and I hope he does apply for the job and gets
what he deserves...another shot a building a champion.
nathan bennett
#4 West Virginia U/Back at St. Bonaventure next season